Mechanically operated mixed liquid dispensing machine



Nov. 21, 1967 s. BERMAN ETAL 3,353,715

MECHANICALLY OPERATED MIXED LIQUID DISPENSING MACHINE 1 Filed Sept. 1, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NVENTORS SANFORD ERMAN I DW/9RD L. WRIGHT HTTORNEY Nov. 21, 1967 s. BERMAN ET AL MECHANICALLY OPERATED MIXED LIQUID DISPENSINGv MACHINE Filed Sept. 1, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS I SANFORD BL'RMAN 0 wnno L. WRIGHT ,4 TTOR'NEY United States Patent Ofifice 3,353,?15 Patented Nov. 21, 1967 3,353,715 MECHANICALLY OPERATED MIXED LIQUID DISPENSING MACHINE Sanford Berman, Scotch Plains, and Edward L. Wright,

Plainfield, N.J., assignors to Customline Control Products, Inc., Linden, N.J., a corporation of New Jersey Filed Sept. 1, 1965, Ser. No. 484,207 16 Claims. (Cl. ZZZ-129.4)

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A machine for mixing two liquids at measured proportions and then dispensing the mixture into a receptacle in one manually actuated mechanical operation; further, a machine wherein the volume of the mix is controlled and means is employed for cooling the containers for the separate liquids.

The novel features of the invention will be best understood from the following description, when taken together with the accompanying drawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosed and, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and, in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic front sectional view through the body portion of the machine, the section being generally on the line 11 of FIG. 3, with parts of the construction broken away and parts shown in elevation.

FIG. 1A is a diagrammatic partial front view of a cabinet in which the machine is arranged to show the various manually actuated members in controlling operation of the machine, the cabinet being omitted from the other views to simplify the present showing.

FIG. 2 is a partial view, similar to FIG. 1, taken generally on the line 22 of FIG. 3 and on an enlarged scale.

FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic plan view, with parts of the construction broken away and parts in section.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged diagrammatic view generally along the line 4-4 of FIG. 3 on an enlarged scale, with parts of the construction broken away and in section and with parts of the background showing omitted; and

FIG. 5 is a bracketed sectional view primarily through the lower portion of one of the bottle members employed, including the support therefor and showing a sectional View through part of the mixer receiver and diagrammatically illustrating by the dot-dash line the control of level of mixed liquid controlled in the receiver.

In illustrating one adaptation and use of the invention, the machine can be utilized in the dispensing of mixed drinks such, for example, as Manhattans, Martinis and the like, the machine having means controlling the relative proportions of the liquid ingredients employed in the drinks, as well as means controlling the volume of the mixture collected in the mixture receiver, preparatory to dispensing the same from the machine in each cycle of operation of the machine.

Considering FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawing-the machine comprises side plates and 11, preferably having flanged ends, as noted in FIG. 3, and upper and lower corners of these plates are joined by angle iron spacers 12, the upper spacers only being illustrated in FIG. 3. The lower portion of the side plates are joined by a strap 13, FIGS. 1 and 4, in which is supported a dispensing tube 14, welded or otherwise secured thereto. The wall 10 has an inturned flange 15, note FIG. 1, and the opposed wall 11 has angle iron support plates 16, upon which a baseplate 17 is supported. This baseplate has bearing supports for a cam shaft 18, note FIG. 4. At 19, FIG. 1, are shown two rods fixed to a platform 20 movable upwardly and downwardly with respect to the baseplate, 17 by a cam 21 fixed to the shaft 18. The platform 20 has raised front and rear walls 22 and 23, as clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Supported in the upper portion of the walls 22 and 23 is a drive shaft 24. Supported in these plates is another mixer valve operating shaft 25. It will appear, from a consideration of FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawing, that the baseplate has, at the left side of the machine, raised bearings 26 for the support of a shaft 27 for actuating a valve controlling the percentage of delivery of one of the liquids to the mixer receiver, later described.

Considering now FIG. 1A of the drawing, wherein a part of the front panel of a cabinet in which the machine is arranged is shown at 28, with the several shafts 18, 24 and 27 projecting therethrough, fixed to the shaft 18 is a manually actuated lever 29 movable in the direction of the arrow from the full line three ounce po sition to the two ounce position, indicated by the dotted line showing of the lever 29. Fixed to a support shaft 24' in alinement with the shaft 24 is a manually actuated lever 30 movable from the stop position shown in full lines to the Start position, indicated in dotted lines. Fixed to the shaft 27 is a manually actuated indicator 31 movable relatively to the Zero position and the Fifty Percent position in controlling the proportionate amount of the liquid of one of the bottles, later described, with respect to that of the other bottle in delivery of liquid to the mixture receiver, preparatory to dispensing the mixture from the receiver through the dispensing tube 14 into a suitable receptacle, positioned beneath 14 in the space which will be provided at the lower front of the cabinet in which the machine is arranged, as will be apparent from a consideration of FIG. 1 of the drawing. At 32 are shown shelves supported on and projecting from the left side of the walls 10 and 11. These shelves include depending substantially conical discharge chambers 33. As both of these structures are the same, the brief description of one will apply to both and, here, attention is directed to FIG. 5 of the drawing, wherein the shelf 32 and the chamber 33 are shown in section. Supported upon the upper surface of each of the shelves 32 is a cylindrical casing 34, having a suitable insulation liner 35, such as Polyfoam or the like, within which the bottles 36 are adapted to be arranged.

Each bottle consists of an inner container member 37 having a bottom wall 38 which, of course, is arranged uppermost in the inverted position of the bottle. The lower portion of the container 37 is contracted and terminates in a short neck 39, in which a dispenser stopper 40 is adapted to be frictionally sealed, the dispenser 40 being of a well-known type and kind as covered, for example, by United States Patent No. 2,469,746. The dispenser 40 has a plunger 41 at one end which, when forced inwardly discharge controlled by an aperture or vent 42, the function and operation of this present machine being dealt with later. Returning now to the members, generally referred to as bottles, it will appear that each of the bottles include an outer casing 43, including a bottom wall 44 and a top wall 45, these walls forming around the container 37 a cooling chamber 46, in which any type and kind of cooling agent is positioned. For example, such liquid material known as Skotch Ice can be used, the liquid being introduced into the chamber 46 through a suitable inlet controlled by a closure cap 47 mounted in the wall 45, as clearly noted in FIG. 5 of the drawing. At 48 is shown partially in full lines an insulated closure or cover for the top of the casing 34 for preserving the bottle 36 or the liquid contained in the container 37 thereof in chilled state during the operation of the machine.

In the use, above mentioned, it is usually desirable to dispense the two liquids employed in the mixture in a cool state. This, however, can be varied with different types and kinds of liquid'mixtures employed and, from this standpoint, the chamber 46 can be regarded as a temperature control chamber. For the purpose of distinguishing one bottle unit from the other, the bottle arranged at the left of FIG. 1 can be referred to as the left bottle having the means for controlling the amount of liquid discharged therefrom for delivery to the mixture receiver and the other bottle can be referred to as the right bottle. 1

Extending downwardly from each chamber 33 is a discharge tube 49. Coupled with the tube 49 of the left bottle is a flexible plastic tube 50 having suitable couplings 51, with a measuring valve 52 mounted in connection with the wall It) by a pair of U-shaped clamps 53, note FIG. 1. The valve 52 has a transverse pin 54, note FIG. 3, engaged by a forked coupling sleeve 55 fixed to the shaft 27, so 31, the valve 52 will be adjusted to a predetermined open position from the Zero to Fifty Percent in controlling the amount of liquid from the left bottle to be delivered to the mixture receiver 56 through another flexible plastic tube 57 coupled with the valve 52. Note, in this connection, the detailed showing of 57 in FIG. 4 of the drawing, where 57 is coupled with one depending tube 58 at the lower portion of the receiver 56. At this time, it is pointed out that the receiver 56 can be made of glass or plastic materials and the sectioning in the present showing being of plastic. The tube 58 is an extension on a conical valve cylinder 59, clearly shown in FIG. 4 of the drawing, in which the conical measuring valve 60 is aranged. The valve 60 is preferably made of Teflon or similar wear resistant material. Also extending downwardly from the cylinder 59 are two other tubes 61 and 62 and extending upwardly from and communicating with the receiver 56 are tubular ports 63 and 64, the latter being in alignment with the tubes 58 and 62, respectively, as clearly shown. The mixing valve 60 has a port 64 placing 58 and 63 in communication with each other, as shown in FIG. 4, and an angular port 65 placing the tube 61 in communication with the port 63 and, at right angles to the port 64, the valve 60 has another port 66 for placing the tube 62 in registration with the port 64.

The valve 60 has suitable means 67 at its contracted end for maintaining the valve in seated position at all times. The other end of the valve 60 has a head 68, with which is coupled a pin 69 operating in the forked end 70 of a coupling sleeve 71 pinned to the shaft 25, as seen at 72 in FIG. 3 of the drawing.

Returning for a moment to the mixture receiver 56, it will appear, from a consideration of FIG. 1, that the upper end of this receiver has a vent tube 56'. At 73 in FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawing is shown an L-shaped bracket supporting two spring clamps 74 for retaining the receiver 56 in position upon the platform 20 to raise upwardly and downwardly with the platform in the operation of the machine.

It will be apparent from a consideration of FIG. 1 of the drawing and, in fact, with each of the other showings, that parts of the structures in the different views have been omitted to avoid confusion in these views. However, by referring to the several primary views, FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the various associations of the parts will be fully understood.

Considering FIGS. 1 and 4 of the drawing, at 75 is shown a flexible plastic tube coupled with the tube 49 of the right bottle and this tube is coupled with the de pending tube 61 communicating with the mixing valve 60. In FIG. 4, it will appear that another similar tube 76 is coupled with the tube 62 and has a suitable tube coupling, as at 77, with the dispensing tube 14.

Supported by a bracket 78 secured to the wall 23 is a with, note FIG. 4. Meshing with the pinion 80 is a large diameter gear 81 fixed to the inner end of the shaft 24. The wall 22 of platform 29 has a forward extension, including a bearing 20, in which the supplemental shaft 24' is mounted, noted FIG. 4.

Rotation of shaft 24 by lever 30 places two mechanisms into operation, first, a timer cam 82 having an inner cam 83 and a front cam 84. These cams operatively engage a cam follower 85, having an inwardly ofiset arm 86 and an outwardly offset arm 87, as shown best in FIG. 3 of the drawing.

In the aforesaid operation, an arm 88 keyed to the inner end of the shaft 24' is rotated. A pin 88 on arm 88 engages a pawl 89 fixed to the shaft 24 and rotates the shaft 24 to wind the timer 79 through gears 81, 80. Pivoted to the free end of the arm 88 is a link 99, note FIG. 2, which is pivoted to a short arm 21 mounted on the shaft 25. The arm 91 has a pin 91 engaging a pawl 92 fixed to the shaft 25 adjacent 91.

Considering FIG. 3 of the drawing, it will appear that a spring 93 is mounted on the shaft 25 and has one end coupled with the follower and the other end fixed to the wall 23. It will, thus, appear that, in the above operation of starting the machine, the rotation of the shaft 25 through 88, 9t), 91, 91 and 92 will place the spring 93 under tension, so that the spring can actuate the follower with respect to the earns 83 and 84 in the return of the follower to the normal rest position, as shown in full lines in FIG. 1 of the drawing.

Actuation of the lever 29 will rotate the cam 21 as and when it is desirable to regulate the mixture to be delivered to the receiver 56 from three ounces down to a two ounce position, in the illustration given, Assuming that the desire is a two ounce mixture, then the lever 29 will be moved into the dotted line position of FIG. 1A, which operation will raise the platform 20 to bring the receiver 56 to a higher position.

Turning now to FIG. 5 of the drawing, it will appear that, when the machine is put into operation, the mixture delivered to the receiver 56 is controlled by operation of the controlled level 29 and, as diagrammatically seen at 94 in FIG. 5, will be governed by the height of the apertures or vents 42 in the dispensers 40 of both of the bottles and this level will be apparent from the dot-dash line 35 of said figure. In other words, when the liquid rises in each of the chambers 33 to a point above the top of the aperture or vent 42, the dispensers 40 of each of the bottles are automatically cut off. This is the function of such dispensers. Thus, with the setting of the two ounce measurement, previously pointed out, two ounces will prevail in the system, including the receiver 56 for discharge from the discharge tube 14 into the receiving receptacle. It must here be kept in mind that there is always a storage of fluid in the several tubes. Thus, in the continued operation of the machine, the desired measured amount is discharged, but this measured amount discharged may constitute part of the fluid contained in the tubes.

Considering FIG. 2 of the drawing, it will appear that the stop pin 96 is mounted on the wall 22 of the platform 20 and is engaged by the arm 91 in bringing the parts into the normal position, shown in FIG. 2 of the drawing. Considering FIG. 1A of the drawing, it will appear that the panel 28 will include an elongated aperture 28 to compensate for the vertical movement of the platform 20.

It will be noted that, at the right of FIG. 3, a pair of clamps 97 are employed in positively retaining the casing 34 in position on the shelf 32. A small portion of the clamps for the left side of the machine is also shown at 97. These clamps are employed primarily to retain the insulating and support casing 34 against movement in the operation of the machine.

For purposes of description, the side plates 10 and 11, together with the spacers 12 and the cross-strap 13 may be said to comprise a frame, in connection with which parts or mechanisms of the machine are mounted.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings and the following statement.

Assuming that the machine has been in operation and a mixed liquid has been discharged through the discharge tube 14 and the mixing valve 60 is in a position where the port 66 registers with 62 and 64, the platform 20 is retained in its lowered position or, in other words, at the three ounce setting of the lever 29, and that the control knob 31 is actuated to a predetermined proportionate mixture of the two liquids employed, for example, in the delivery of a properly mixed cocktail such, for example, as a Manhattan or Martini to satisfy the desire of the recipient of the cocktail. Now, in the mixing and delivery of the cocktail, the lever 30 is moved from the full line position of FIG. 1A to the dotted line position, in which operation, the arm or lever 88 keyed to the shaft 24' is rotated clockwise, which results in rotating the shaft 24 through engagement of the pin 88' with the pawl 89, in which operation the cam 82 is rotated, the gear 81 is rotated, the latter resulting in the winding of the timer 79 by rotation of the pinion 80.

The above described operation of the arm or lever 88 will rotate the arm or lever 91 through the link 90 and the pin 91' on 91 will engage the pawl 92 fixed to the shaft 25 to rotate the cam follower 85 and, at the same time, rotate the mixing valve 60 90", closing the port 66 and bringing the ports 64 and 65 into operative position, as clearly shown in FIG. 4 of the drawing. With the valve 60 in the open position, liquid from the two bottles and in the tubes extending from the bottles will be collectively discharged from the chambers 33, with the greater percentage of liquid being delivered to the receiver 56 from the right bottle, FIG. 1, to the liquid delivered from the left bottle, governed by the setting of the knob 31. Upon the rising of the liquid mixture in the receiver 56, it will reach a position, as at 94 in FIG. 5, wherein liquid has collected in the chambers to the point where delivery is shut-off, as along the dot-dash line 95 of said figure.

During the above cycle of operation, it will be apparent that the cam 82, with its two cam surfaces 83 and 84, have moved relatively to the cam follower in the reverse drive of the shaft 24 by means of the wound timer 79 and, at a moment fixed by the timer, the cam follower will be releasedand the tension of the wound spring 93 will suddenly return the cam follower to the position shown in FIG, 1, rotating the mixing valve 60 ninety degrees (90) or, in other words, from the position shown in full lines in FIG. 4 to a position where the port 66 registers with 62 and 64, resulting in the discharge of the mixture in the receiver 56 into the tube 76 and through the delivery tube 14 into the receptacle positioned beneath said tube 14.

It will also be apparent that, in the above described reverse operation of the shaft 24, the shaft 24' is rotated by engagement of the pawl 89 with the pin 88 and, in like manner, the pawl 92 engages the pin 91' in returning the parts to the Stop position, shown in FIG. 2 of the drawing.

The machine is now in its original Starting position and the next successive mixture of the liquids and/or the cocktail can be delivered by simply operating the lever 30 now again in its full line position of FIG. 1A to the dotted line position and, then, the above cycle of operation is repeated and the next successive liquid mixture is discharged. The timer employed is set to gauge the time of delivery of the two liquids to the receiver 56 and, upon completion of this delivery, the dumping op eration takes place for discharge of the liquid then in the system, comprising the receiver 56 and the tubes extending from each of the chambers 33 to the mixing valve 60.

In tests made, it has been found that, with one cooling of the bottles, chilled liquids can be delivered for an eighteen hour period, or greater. Where a large numher of drinks are to be delivered by the machine, it will be understood that the bottle units will be replaced from time to time, taken from a freezer in which these units are kept and, in some instances, all that would be necessary would be to remove the bottles, detach the closure plug and replenish the liquids in the containers 37, maintaining the refrigerants 46 in their existing state. In some instances and after drainage of liquid from a machine, other types and kinds of liquid mixtures can be dispensed by substitution of bottles containing the modified ingredients required.

It will be apparent that the machine, by virtue of its complete or entirely mechanical operation and having its manual controls, becomes portable for movement to any desired location in the operation thereof. In other Words, all electrically operated means is dispensed with insofar as operation of the machine is concerned. It will also be apparent that the bottles comprising the container with the enveloping casings or jackets for support of the refrigerant or other temperature control medium are definite accessories to the machine and, in extensive uses of the machine at any one time, several of the bottles will be employed and, in the serving of drinks, cocktails or the like, the extras can be stored in suitable refrigeration for freezing the cooling medium employed. From this standpoint, the bottles will preferably be compose of stainless steel or similar material.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine of the character defined comprising a frame, means supporting two liquid containers in connection with the frame, a basepl-ate mounted in said frame, a platform movable toward and from said baseplate, means supporting a liquid mixture receiver in connection with the platform, a mixing valve rotatably mounted in the lower portion of said receiver, the lower portion of the receiver and said valve having cooperating means for delivery of a mixture of liquid from both of said containers to said receiver, other means at the lower portion of the receiver and on said valve for discharging the mixed liquid delivered to the receiver to a discharge tube supported in the frame, said first named means comprising chambers including means controlling the level of liquid discharged into said chambers, manually actuated means operatively engaging the platform for raising said receiver to a position controlling the volume of the liquid mixture delivered to said receiver consistent with the level of liquid in said chambers, and manually actuated means mounted in connection with said platform controlling first the movement of said valve into position for delivery of mixed liquid from said containers to said receiver and then discharge of the mixed liquid from the receiver through said discharge tube in each cycle of operation of the machine.

2. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein manually adjustable means is employed operatively engaging a valve supported in connection with the baseplate and frame for controlling percentage of liquid discharged from one container as compared with that of the other container.

3. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said containers comprise a bottle-like structure including an enveloping casing, in which a temperature control medium is adapted to be arranged in control of the temperature of the liquid in each of the containers.

4. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein said third named means includes ports in said mixing valve for transmitting liquid from both of said containers simultaneously to said receiver.

5. A machine as defined in claim 4, wherein said fourth named means comprises another port in the mixing valve arranged at right angles to the first named ports for discharging the mixed liquid to the receiver to said discharge tube when said mixing valve is moved into discharge position by the seventh named means.

'6.'A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the fifth named means comprises an automatically actuated discharge device coupled with each of the containers and arranged within each of said chambers.

7. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the sixth named means comprises a cam mounted in the baseplate and operatively engaging said platform, and means for guiding the platform in its movement relatively to the baseplate.

8. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the seventh named means comprises a timer controlled and actuated cam shaft supporting dual cams, a dual arm follower on a shaft adjacent said cam shaft, with spring means operatively engaging said follower to control movement thereof in one direction, and a link lever mechanism actuated by a manually rotatable supplemental shaft in alinement with said cam shaft and controlling operation of said cam and follower in one direction.

9. A machine as defined in claim 8, wherein said cam shaft includes a gear operatively engaging a pinion on a timer supported in connection with said platform, and said timer actuating the cam of said cam shaft and said link and lever mechanism in one direction.

10. A machine as defined in claim 2, wherein said last named valve is arranged in a flexible tube leading from the chamber registering with one of said containers, another flexible tube extending from the chamber registering with the other container, and both of said tubes being coupled with a mixing valve support at the lower portion of said receiver.

11. A machine as defined in claim 10, wherein another flexible tube is coupled with said valve support and extends to and is coupled with said discharge tube.

12. A machine as defined in claim 8, wherein means is employed on the platform for support of said supplemental shaft, and actuation of said link lever mechanism including pawls fixed to the cam shaft and follower shaft operatively engaging pins on the levers mounted on said shafts, and means on said platform for checking movement of the link levers in one direction.

13. A machine as defined in claim 3, wherein the first named means comprises an insulated cylinder enveloping each of the casings of said containers, and means on the frame for clamping the cylinders in fixed position.

14. A manually controlled mechanically operated machine for mixing liquids and discharging mixed liquids therefrom in each cycle of operation of the machine, said machine comprising means therein for storing inverted containers for two different liquids, means forming chambers at the lower portion of each container, means at the lower portion of each of said containers for measuring predetermined volumes of liquids delivered to said chambers, a mixed liquid receiver adjustable to different height positions in the machine and with respect to said chambers in positive control of the volume of mixed liquids delivered to said receiver for discharge from said receiver in each cycle of operation of the machine, manually controlled means for regulating the percentage of one of the liquids delivered from one container to said receiver as compared with the liquid delivered to the receiver by the other of said containers, a valve at the base of said receiver, and manually and automatically actuated means con-trolling movement of said valve into a position to first deliver simultaneously the two liquids to said re- .ceiver and, then, in actuation of the valve, to discharge the mixed liquids from said receiver.

15. A machine as defined in claim 14, wherein said containers each include an integral enveloping casing spaced from the container for storage of a temperature control medium therein controlling the temperature of the liquid in each of said containers, and said casing including a cylinder of insulating material.

16. A machine as defined in claim 14, wherein said second named means includes liquid discharge dispenser stoppers mounted in and controlling discharge from said containers.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 686,515 11/1901 Geddes 222-129.3 1,125,450 1/1915 Bonnell 222-131 2.469,746 5/1949 Sanchis 222-484 X 3,248,011 4/ 1966 Brodsky et al. 222-146 FOREIGN PATENTS 24,031 3/ 1911 Great Britain.

ROBERT B. REEVES, Primary Examiner.

F. R. HAN-DREN, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A MACHINE OF THE CHARACTER DEFINED COMPRISING A FRAME, MEANS SUPPORTING TWO LIQUID CONTAINERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRAME, A BASEPLATE MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME, A PLATFORM MOVABLE TOWARD AND FROM SAID BASEPLATE, MEANS SUPPORTING A LIQUID MIXTURE RECEIVER IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLATFORM, A MIXING VALVE ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID RECEIVER, THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RECEIVER AND SAID VALVE HAVING COOPERATING MEANS FOR DELIVERY OF A MIXTURE OF LIQUID FROM BOTH OF SAID CONTAINERS TO SAID RECEIVER, OTHER MEANS AT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RECEIVER AND ON SAID VALVE FOR DISCHARGING THE MIXED LIQUID DELIVERED TO THE RECEIVER TO A DISCHARGE TUBE SUPPORTED IN THE FRAME, SAID FIRST NAMED MEANS COMPRISING CHAMBERS INCLUDING MEANS CONTROLLING THE LEVEL OF LIQUID DISCHARGED INTO SAID CHAMBERS, MANUALLY ACTUATED MEANS OPERATIVELY ENGAGING THE PLATFORM FOR RAISING SAID RECEIVER TO A POSITION CONTROLLING THE VOLUME OF THE LIQUID MIXTURE DELIVERED TO SAID RECEIVER CONSISTENT WITH THE LEVEL OF LIQUID IN SAID CHAMBERS, AND MANUALLY ACTUATED MEANS MOUNTED IN CONNECTION WITH SAID PLATFORM CONTROLLING FIRST THE MOVEMENT OF SAID VALVE INTO POSITION FOR DELIVERY OF MIXED LIQUID FROM SAID CONTAINERS TO SAID RECEIVER AND THEN DISCHARGE OF THE MIXED LIQUID FROM THE RECEIVER THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE TUBE IN EACH CYCLE OF OPERATION OF THE MACHINE. 